From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Oct 8 15:29:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from wattres.Watt.COM (wattres.watt.com [205.178.120.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 982AB37B405; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 15:29:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from steve@localhost) by wattres.Watt.COM (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f98MTcX29360; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 15:29:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve) Message-Id: <200110082229.f98MTcX29360@wattres.Watt.COM> From: steve@Watt.COM (Steve Watt) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 15:29:38 -0700 In-Reply-To: Gregory Neil Shapiro "Re: Sendmail rantlet" (Oct 8, 11:35) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(5) 10/07/98) To: Gregory Neil Shapiro Subject: Re: Sendmail rantlet Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Oct 8, 11:35, Gregory Neil Shapiro wrote: } Subject: Re: Sendmail rantlet } steve> Since SENDMAIL_MC is not defined, it copies freebsd.mc over it. } } No, it doesn't. make only runs that rule if `hostname`.mc does not exist. That's not how I read the excerpt you posted earlier: } ifndef SENDMAIL_MC } SENDMAIL_MC!= hostname } SENDMAIL_MC:= ${SENDMAIL_MC}.mc } } ${SENDMAIL_MC}: freebsd.mc } cp freebsd.mc ${SENDMAIL_MC} } endif To me, that says if freebsd.mc is newer than `hostname`.mc, overwrite. Which is certainly the case after an installworld. Steve -- Steve Watt KD6GGD PP-ASEL-IA ICBM: 121W 56' 57.8" / 37N 20' 14.9" Internet: steve @ Watt.COM Whois: SW32 Free time? There's no such thing. It just comes in varying prices... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message